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Recent Examples of lyceum
The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates.
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Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025
The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau.
—Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1.
—Time, 23 Nov. 2022
All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest.
—Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
It was called the lyceum movement.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021
Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics.
—Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025
The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau.
—Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1.
—Time, 23 Nov. 2022
All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest.
—Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
It was called the lyceum movement.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021
Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics.
—Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyceum
Noun
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The militants, who planted explosives in the auditorium, demanded a total withdrawal of Russian military forces from Chechnya.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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On the afternoon of April 15, several students, including the Kamos’ son, were in the school’s auditorium for a rehearsal for the school play.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The rectangular homes often contained courtyards or fronting gardens; window boxes hung below wood-frame windows.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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The church has a gorgeous main hall, a meditation room, plus a Japanese-style garden with a koi pond.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At its center is a large, multi-purpose, open air central plaza that transforms from a relaxed seating area to an amphitheater or community space.—
Kimberly Lyn,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
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The peaceful atmosphere became more excited when a flood of thousands more demonstrators arrived to the lake’s amphitheater, having marched from Wilma Chan Park a half-mile away.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But when Ronnie set the theater's copy of The Music Man in motion on the projector, Matty appeared on screen holding what looked like a baby swaddled in a blanket.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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The home features a walkout basement with a movie theater, spa, custom workout room and sunken golf simulator, Heffernan said.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Lyceum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyceum. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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